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Frydenberg sets fuse on Trowbridge time bomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... before the government takes action - and the industry doesn't have long. Speaking at a BT-sponsored Financial Services Council (FSC) event in Sydney, Frydenberg said: "The real pressure is on the industry to [act] quickly. I'm not saying over many months. ...

FSC hails register a step towards profession status

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomed the ASIC national register of advisers. Seen as an important step for rebuilding trust in the financial advice industry, FSC chief executive Sally Loane said the register of advisers is one of many important ...

Industry bodies respond to Hockey's tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... of Superannuation Trustees have responded to some of the questions raised in Treasurer Joe Hockey's Tax Discussion Paper. FSC chief executive Sally Loane supported one of the paper's key arguments - that Australia is too reliant on income taxation as ...

Industry, government respond to Trowbridge report

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... to Trowbridge's recommendations, especially the policy recommendation for a level life insurance commission structure. The FSC also welcomed Trowbridge's findings, with chief executive Sally Loane saying that "the industry needs to absorb Mr Trowbridge's ...

AFA can't give Trowbridge report "complete support"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... to charge their clients an additional fee in order to recover some of the costs of providing advice." Speaking at the 2015 FSC Life Insurance Conference, Fox expanded on the AFA's views, saying that while he applauded the independent, industry-led basis ...

Trowbridge releases final report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... version of the Trowbridge Review on Retail Life Insurance Advice has been released. Initiated by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), it was designed as an independent review following the Australian Securities ...

FSC announces life insurance award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
The winners of the FSC's 2015 Life Insurance Awards have been announced. Speaking at the FSC Life Insurance Conference 2015, FSC chief executive Sally Loane congratulated NAB's Eleanor Hartmann (Young Achiever) and Sean McCormack (Leadership Award) ...

FSC supports longer threshold for unclaimed life insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has applauded the Treasury's decision to extend the unclaimed life insurance threshold back to seven years. Since 2012, bank accounts and life insurance policies could be inactive for three years ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
2015 has already been a bumper year in financial services policy with super front and centre. Reforms to improve superannuation governance, competition and transparency appear to be the first cab off the rank. These reforms look likely to occur in a ...

IGR proves current welfare level is unsustainable: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... cannot be sustained and that superannuation will play a key role in addressing the issue, the Financial Services Council (FSC) said. Reacting to the release of the report, FSC chief executive Sally Loane argued that it is a clear signal the status quo ...